Kat Bailey (USGamer editor in chief) "I know someone who's played the FF7 remake demo"

Reanimatoin · May 17, 2019

So, in the latest episode of the Axe of the Blood God podcast, Kat Bailey, editor in chief of USGamer, claims to know someone who has played the demo for FF7 Remake and thinks we'll be seeing it "sooner rather than later". You can hear it here https://bloodgodpod.libsyn.com/detective-pikachu-review-and-final-fantasy-7-remake-trailer-reactions at 37:35

I think at this point it's HIGHLY likely that E3 will be where the game gets shown off properly outside of Square Enix for the first time.

Lannisters1798 · May 17, 2019

This sounds like great news.

Murlin · May 17, 2019

Wouldn't be surprised if she's playing it herself this week as part of Judges' Week.

Genetrik · May 17, 2019

Part 1 / 7...

Jawbreaker · May 17, 2019

Yeah, boyeeee. Can't wait for E3.

Jawmuncher · May 17, 2019

Right now the talk seems to be early 2020, but we'll see just how big the actual release is. Part of me still expects FF7: Ground Zeroes.

Coi · May 17, 2019

My uncle works at SquareEnix.

Knight613 · May 17, 2019

Curious if they bundle the demo with something or if they just release it for free.

Lukemia SL · May 17, 2019

This can't be what killed Era for me for a moment.
Hope we do get to play it as soon as.

Zips · May 17, 2019

Jawmuncher said:
Right now the talk seems to be early 2020, but we'll see just how big the actual release is. Part of me still expects FF7: Ground Zeroes.

Well, it's episodic.

So probably, FF7: Episode 1 on PS4 as a swan song, then some mega ultra HD version of it for the PS5 launch, and then the remaining 2(?) episodes on the PS5.

Lord Vatek · May 17, 2019

I've been saying that VII Remake will come out way sooner than people think for a while now.

I'm guessing "Part 1" is the entire Midgar portion and not much after that.

halcali · May 17, 2019

I don't believe anything until the game is released.
See ya in 2022.

chefbags · May 17, 2019

Lukemia SL said:
This can't be what killed Era for me for a moment.
Hope we do get to play it as soon as.

Haha I thought the same. I was like why is it crashing? Lol

rahji · May 17, 2019

So there is a demo. That's nice.

Noctis · May 17, 2019

halcali said:
I don't believe anything until the game is released.
See ya in 2022.

I'll save this post, I don't want to see no " omg day 0!" If it releases earlier.

Zolbrod · May 17, 2019

Coi said:
My uncle works at SquareEnix.

Kat is legit.

Simo · May 17, 2019

Hmmmmmm Game Informer June cover when? lol

Kinda like what they did with FFXV.

Lukemia SL · May 17, 2019

chefbags said:
Haha I thought the same. I was like why is it crashing? Lol

Lol not just me then. I wonder what it was.

DoradoWinston · May 17, 2019

the thing is releasing before June 2020 for sure. We are in the final leg of this marathon. Soon we will start the wait for FF7-2

halcali · May 17, 2019

Noctis said:
I'll save this post, I don't want to see no " omg day 0!" If it releases earlier.

lol sure. ;D

Joeyro · May 17, 2019

Early 2020 seems like a safe bet. Fall 2019 would be risky and it might underperform.

Dark Cloud · May 17, 2019

Is it E3 Judges Week this week? People get to play games at E3

Kenzodielocke · May 17, 2019

Dark Cloud said:
Is it E3 Judges Week this week? People get to play games at E3

Yes indeed.

Quinton · May 17, 2019

I've been silently enduring my friends' persistent "lol can't wait to play this in 2029" jokes again lately thanks to the State of Play trailer. I haven't revealed to them what we know by virtue of being more glued to the industry — that there is an increasing body of evidence to support the likelihood of a relatively soon release.

I'll let their heads collectively explode next month.

Corleth the Fey · May 17, 2019

Do we want extrapolate further?

I listened to Axe of the Blood God yesterday and also heard Kat"s comments. And someone wondered aloud in this thread that she could have played it herself if she was part of E3 judges week.

Lets assume the above is true. Kat was also upset on the podcast and on twitter that FFVII Remake "seems to be an action game" and not a turn based traditional affair. Could this be a hint that she didn't think it was looking good?

ZeroDS · May 17, 2019

Corleth the Fey said:
Do we want extrapolate further?

I listened to Axe of the Blood God yesterday and also heard Kat"s comments. And someone wondered aloud in this thread that she could have played it herself if she was part of E3 judges week.

Lets assume the above is true. Kat was also upset on the podcast and on twitter that FFVII Remake "seems to be an action game" and not a turn based traditional affair. Could this be a hint that she didn't think it was looking good?

Its a sign that people forgot that the original FF7 isn't actually turn based.

Chaserjoey · May 17, 2019

Corleth the Fey said:
Do we want extrapolate further?

I listened to Axe of the Blood God yesterday and also heard Kat"s comments. And someone wondered aloud in this thread that she could have played it herself if she was part of E3 judges week.

Lets assume the above is true. Kat was also upset on the podcast and on twitter that FFVII Remake "seems to be an action game" and not a turn based traditional affair. Could this be a hint that she didn't think it was looking good?

Her disappointment seems to come from a more personal opinion point of view rather than the game playing like trash.

TaleSpun · May 17, 2019

Murlin said:
Wouldn't be surprised if she's playing it herself this week as part of Judges' Week.

Yep. We're definitely getting a stage demo this year, whether it's at MS, SEs own presser, or both.

Samanosuke Akechi · May 17, 2019

Alex840 · May 17, 2019

Murlin said:
Wouldn't be surprised if she's playing it herself this week as part of Judges' Week.

Or people have already played it at Judges's week.

Deleted member 9971 · May 17, 2019

Samanosuke Akechi said:

Damn Geoff looks real young there

Giolon · May 17, 2019

Coi said:
My uncle works at SquareEnix.

Kat doesn't bullshit.

RiOrius · May 17, 2019

Knight613 said:
Curious if they bundle the demo with something or if they just release it for free.

Are we sure it'll even be released? I feel like a lot of games are demoed at E3 et al that don't get demos released to the general public.

Samanosuke Akechi · May 17, 2019

RiOrius said:
Are we sure it'll even be released? I feel like a lot of games are demoed at E3 et al that don't get demos released to the general public.

Sadly this.

Musubi · May 17, 2019

I mean its judges week. Plenty of unreleased games being played and shown in secret meetings this week. I'd put a 100% chance on it being at E3 and having a spring 2020 release date. I also wouldn't put it past Square to use the FFVII demo to spike sales of another game. i.e. Buy this game - Get access to FF7 Demo.

Strings · May 17, 2019

Murlin said:
Wouldn't be surprised if she's playing it herself this week as part of Judges' Week.

Samanosuke Akechi said:
Sadly this.

I think they'd be dumb not to attach it to another game, like the XV demo or classic Square PS1 and PS2 stuff. It definitely has that kind of power, and can really help whatever they pair it with.

Granted, press demos and consumer ones are pretty different in how stable you have to get one vs the other, but it's almost definitely worth the money (but maybe not the time?).

Samanosuke Akechi · May 17, 2019

Musubi said:
I mean its judges week. Plenty of unreleased games being played and shown in secret meetings this week. I'd put a 100% chance on it being at E3 and having a spring 2020 release date. I also wouldn't put it past Square to use the FFVII demo to spike sales of another game. i.e. Buy this game - Get access to FF7 Demo.

That'd be one way to increase sales of left alive...

Shantae · May 17, 2019

Jawmuncher said:
Right now the talk seems to be early 2020, but we'll see just how big the actual release is. Part of me still expects FF7: Ground Zeroes.

Oh please don't say that :( I mean, Ground Zeroes was alright, but it was way too light on content.

I mean, I don't know how much actual development has been taking place, but this remake was revealed years ago, and I'd hope they'd have more done then they've shown. At the very least, I do hope the first part is all of Midgar.

Abominuz · May 17, 2019

Is it by ERA standard soon, or Square please be excited soon?

Balfour · May 17, 2019

One rumor is that there will be a demo after E3 but you need PS+

Don't buy it though

The Last One · May 17, 2019

This gameplay will definitely bem playable at E3. I can't wait for all the info we Will get next month.

Ometeotl · May 17, 2019

I can't believe that the game the trailer said we would see more of in June will be shown off at E3

Kat Bailey · May 17, 2019

I can confirm I have not played Final Fantasy 7 Remake.

Shantae · May 17, 2019

KatUSG said:
I can confirm I have not played Final Fantasy 7 Remake.

Only that you've played the demo for the first part of the Final Fantasy 7 Remake xD

LuisGarcia · May 17, 2019

Genetrik said:
Part 1 / 7...

Are you guys upset you can't do you " see you in 2025" jokes any more so you have moved onto this?

LiK · May 17, 2019

It was me

Samanosuke Akechi · May 17, 2019

LuisGarcia said:
Are you guys upset you can't do you " see you in 2025" jokes any more so you have moved onto this?

Well to be fair, that's probably when the entire remake from start to finish will be done. Hopefully not but you never know.

Mediking · May 17, 2019

I.. believe it

LuisGarcia · May 17, 2019

Samanosuke Akechi said:
Well to be fair, that's probably when the entire remake from start to finish will be done. Hopefully not but you never know.

As long as the parts are meaty and it's no more then 3 parts then I'm ok with that

Deleted member 5028 · May 17, 2019

rahji said:
So there is a demo. That's nice.

Probably a demo for trade events that runs on development hardware. I don't actually expect a demo for consumers. Just a hype machine to spread word of mouth

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